Side-spring vehicle



(No Model.)

' No. 273,289. i

J. KENGEL. SIDE SPRING VEHICLE.

Patented Mar.6,1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE,

JOSEPH KENG-EL, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

.- SlDE SPRING VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,289, dated March 6,1883,

Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH KENGEL, of

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Springs for Side-BarVehicles; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The present invention relates to springs for that class of vehicles inwhich side bars are rigidly connected with a front head-block and rearaxle, soas to preserve the parallelism of said bars and permit thevehicle-body to be connected with springs suspended from a rigid part ofthe running-gear.

The invention consists in the combination of a front and rear pair oflongitudinal springs. convexed upward at their middle part, and havingtheir respective front and rear ends connected with the side bars, atransverse spring being connected with the convexed centers of each pairof longitudinal springs tllorlthe direct support of the body of the ve-In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a device embodyging myimprovements. Fig.2is an inverted plan view of the front portion of thesame. Fig. 3 is a variation, showing the longitudinal springs extendeddiagonally beyondthe side bars,

A represents the side bars, which are rigidly secured to the fronthead-block, D, and the rear axle, O, and to these parts are connected,by means of ordinary shackles, a front and rear pair of semi-ellipticlongitudinal springs, E and E. Semi-elliptic cross-springs B and B areconnected with the middle portions of these longitudinal springs bymeans of ordinary shackles, e.

I prefer to secure the forward end of the spring E to the head-block andthe rear end of the same to the side bars in, any suitable ma'nneras,for instance, by clips 0 and c over the head-block and side bars.

The clip 6 and the step F may be properly combined in a single piece,and also the wearing-plate F and the clip 6 I prefer to clip the forwardend of the spring E about the side bar, as shown at 6 and the rear endto the bed-piece O, as shown It is evident that the forward end of thespring E might be clipped or otherwise properly secured to the side barinstead of the bars; but it is obvious that they might extend diagonallyacross from the side bars to the bed-piece or head-block withoutdeparting from the principle of my invention, as shown in Fig. 3, inwhich case the cross-springs can be extended beyond the side bars,increasing desired number of braces.

The operation of the device is apparent. The extremities of each of thecross-springs being secured intermediate of the horizontal springs givesgreat flexibility to the springs as a whole, since, as each cross-springbears upon two longitudinal springs at their extremities, thevehicle-body is provided with three springs at each end, making a totalof six springs for vehicles of this order. Moreover, as the longitudinalsprings are preferably located beneath the side bars, with the middleportion convexed upward and lying close to the side bars at the pointwhere the cross-springs areattached thereto, the whole device is veryneat and tasteful in appearance.

I am aware that a spring-frame for side-bar vehicles has beenconstructedof transverse semi-elliptical springs centrally secured to the fronthead-block and rear axle, longitudinal springs connected with theextremities of said transverse springs and the side bars, and transversebody-supportin g springs secured to the middle ofsaid longitudinalsprings.

What I claim is- The combination, with a front head-block and rear axleand a pair of side bars rigidly secured thereto, of a front and rearpair of semi-elliptic longitudinal springs, E and E,

having their middle portions convexed up the flexibility. There maybe,in addition, any

ward, shackles or clips for connecting the said springs with thehead-block, rigid side bars and rear axle, and the transversesemielliptic springs B and B, connected with JOSEP H KENGEL 5 theconvexed middle parts of the longitudi- Witnesses:

nal springs, as and for the purpose herein set N. S. WRIGHT, forth.WILLIAM F. FORD.

